Epstein Secrets

. Every Presidential election should be called "the silly season," as it often brings out the ridiculous, and nothing could be more ridiculous than Mitt Romney's interview on a local Virginia television station when he went further than normal in criticizing the president's handling of the economy, saying tha

he inherited from his predecessor. "There has never been a recession that went on forever. There has never been a depression that went on foreven" Romney told WVEC News. "A recession occurs, the economy goes down, and then comes after recession, the recovery. That's happened since the beginning of tim

n. " Boy... did Romney get it wrong.... Thursday Governor Romney made the beginnings of a of what his campaign hop

governments replace many of the teachers, police officers, social workers, and fire fighters they've had to let go over the last several years. As Robert Reich says in his article this week in The Buffington Post, 'The Biggest Economic Challenge of Obama's Second Term,' -- "in truth, not even the Jobs Act w

could try arguing that taxes are too progressive, and that what's needed is a tax system that's nicer to rich people and meaner to poor people. But Mitt Romney didn't have much luck with that gambit in 2012. Inescapable conclusion: The GOP is not interested at all in tax reform, and it's only mildly interes

a cover story in The New York Times Magazine last week on Republicans and their problem with technology, one quote that caught everyone's eye was, "Romney's senior strategist Stuart Stevens, may well be remembered by historians as the last guy to run a presidential campaign who never tweeted," Stevens

n if you believe Samuelson's numbers. the US's economy is not nearly as bad as most other countries. EFTA00692529 The week in The Huffngton Post, Robert Reich wrote — Why Obama Must Meet the Republican Lies Directly — that he believes that the White House is wrong believing that the best way to strengthen

he well off so they can keep their toys. We have to be the party that shows all Americans how they can thrive." After supporting a campaign in which Mitt Romney denounced any attempt to talk about class divisions as an "attack on success," this represents a major rhetorical shift. But in practice, currentl

to shine a light on Obama and his policies, the debate kept coming back to Mitt Romney, his view of the world and what he would do as president. And Romney never came close to fully articulating that alternative vision. Now, four years after some Republicans were pushing for a reexamination of what the

atch the dock workers union fight against container shipping and film & television unions pad production shoots with unnecessary workers. This week Robert Reich — The Non Zero-Sum Society — in The Huffington Post — that because the super-rich have done well in the economic recovery while almost everyone else

of money that Republican Conservatives are willing to squander on more tax breaks for the wealthy as soon as they get a chance. Think about it, if Romney had won; do you have even a bit of doubt that all the supposed deficit hawks of the GOP would suddenly have discovered that unfunded tax cuts and mi

bad (and fundamentally dishonest) politics. We're looking not so much at a Grand Bargain, as much as the Big Scam being continued. That's why like Robert Reich, recommend going over the cliff and forcing the Republicans' hand. It's a risky strategy but it would at least expose the Republican tactic and put

lopment grants, education programs and even Amtrak. Voting in the spring for the tea party budget developed by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., who was Mitt Romney's vice presidential running mate last year, was one thing. But as long as a Democrat occupies the White House, Ryan's budget is little more than a n

re telling the moving company to drive twice the speed limit for the next 48 hours straight, or you're accepting your disenfranchisement. This week Robert Reich wrote and op-ed — Why the Anger? — in the Huffington Post, posing the question, why is the nation more bitterly divided today than it's been in 8o y